VideoLectures - exchange ideas & share knowledge. The Semantic Web In Breadth. English | Italian by Aaron Swartz (with much assistance) Note: This piece speaks about the different parts of the Semantic Web and how they fit together.
For a high-level interview, take a look at Sandro Hawke's The Semantic Web (Put Simply). On the other hand, if you're a Web developer who's interested in building Semantic Web Sites or Semantic Web Services, check out The Semantic Web (for Web Developers). Now back to your regularly scheduled article. Identifiers: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) If I want to discuss something, I must first identify it. To identify items on the Web, we also use identifiers. The URI is the foundation of the Web. You're probably already familiar with one form of URI: the URL or Uniform Resource Locator. Because the Web is far too large for any one organization to control it, URIs are decentralized. This means that you don't need anyone's permission to create a URI. A common practice for creating URIs is to begin with a Web page. I just got a new pet dog. The Semantic Web: An Introduction.
This document is designed as being a simple but comprehensive introductory publication for anybody trying to get into the Semantic Web: from beginners through to long time hackers.
Recommended pre-reading: the Semantic Web in Breadth. Table Of Contents What Is The Semantic Web? The Semantic Web is a mesh of information linked up in such a way as to be easily processable by machines, on a global scale. You can think of it as being an efficient way of representing data on the World Wide Web, or as a globally linked database. C Semantic Web Activity. The Semantic Web is a web of data.
There is lots of data we all use every day, and it is not part of the web. I can see my bank statements on the web, and my photographs, and I can see my appointments in a calendar. But can I see my photos in a calendar to see what I was doing when I took them? Can I see bank statement lines in a calendar? Why not? The Semantic Web is about two things. See also the activity news for an account of recent events, publications, etc.
The following groups are part of the Semantic Web Activity. Active Groups Semantic Web Coordination Group The Semantic Web Coordination Group is tasked to provide a forum for managing the interrelationships and interdependencies among groups focusing on standards and technologies that relate to this goals of the Semantic Web Activity. RDFa Working Group RDF Working Group The mission of the RDF Working Group, is to update the 2004 version of the Resource Description Framework (RDF) Recommendation. Linked Data Platform Working Group.